Sadly the project is on pause right now because somehow my OSSC failed :( Without it, I don't really have a way to test anything. I'll get back to this as soon as it got repaired! --- Hey guys I'm back. The OSSC is fixed, thank goodness the hardware is fine, it's just a firmware thing. I got some of …

Are the chips on them actually what they claim to be? Not sure about the ESS cards, but the 'Creative' chip looks suspiciously like a C-Media CMI-8378... The driver CDs will tell the truth. We need to know the contents of the CDs. For the record, the "CREATIVE" card doesn't come with any box or …

PCIe to PCI bridges do work with DOS because they use the same protocols (it's completely transparent to the OS). However, these bridges do have significant shortcomings when it comes to latency, port addressing, and noise. The implementation matters a lot. The PCIe to PCI bridge works very well on …

I have the t5720 and stuck with it. Both examples above will not work if DOS compatibility is a “thing” that you need to take into consideration since both the AMD chipset or the Intel ICH7M (used in the Atoms) will not do distributed DMA needed for ISA DMA/IRQ access needs for oldschool …

Are the chips on them actually what they claim to be? Not sure about the ESS cards, but the 'Creative' chip looks suspiciously like a C-Media CMI-8378... I'm not sure. All these cards combined cost me like $10 so I'm not having high hopes. What I can confirm is that all "solo-1"s are probably dead. …

I'm searching for sound cards for my SFF retro PC build. Other than SB0090 and Xwave YMF724, I bought some of the no-brand clone cards just for fun. https://i.imgur.com/479e6ZS.jpg 6 of these 7 are ESS-based cards. 3 of the 4 Solo-1 clones are complete with boxes and driver CDs. There's another one …

If you want Mini-ITX small, try the VIA Epia series of boards. The slowest at 500MHz C3 based with onboard USB, SO-DIMM, etc These are pretty easy to find too which is always a good thing. I may end up building another PC although I've got 4 thin clients at hand. The PCIe to pick adapters would …

I don't know how easy these are to acquire in your neck of the woods, but I have a ThinkPad T42 paired with an IBM Dock II which can handle the tasks in your post pretty well. I upgraded my T42 to a 2 GHz Pentium M processor and 768MB of RAM (it can go up to 2GB). My model also has a Mobile Radeon …

As those beautiful giant ivory towers standing tall, questioning our very existence, there's only one problem: These builds are huge. As someone who doesn't have the luxury of space, a small form factor build is much more preferred. The requirements are simple: 1) DOS SB16/Adlib support (not to be …

The latter is a little more tough. There’s 2 possible paths: - Any Sempron or Athlon64 based thin client (like the HP t5730) has a Radeon X1300 based embedded GPU inside the Xpress 1250 northbridge, which can in theory take the last Catalyst drivers made for Win98 - it does contain beta support for …

The latter is a little more tough. There’s 2 possible paths: - Any Sempron or Athlon64 based thin client (like the HP t5730) has a Radeon X1300 based embedded GPU inside the Xpress 1250 northbridge, which can in theory take the last Catalyst drivers made for Win98 - it does contain beta support for …